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I promised a part two so here it is… The first post can be found here. As previously mentioned, my previous self taught programming experience involved BASIC and whatever the TI-85 uses. I had my first official taste of taught programming in College a couple of years after High School with C. My Engineering degree … [Read more…]

Hey, it’s pointless personal trivia day! Hooray. Anyway, I’ve never taken up computer programming in any official “this is what I’m going to do for work” sort of level but it’s off and on been a background hobby of mine. I’ve been considering getting back into it lately which has inspired this historical blog post. … [Read more…]

Binary numbers are extremely important to computers and technology. You see, a computer only understands electrical impulses. There either is a charge, or there isn’t. It’s either “on” or “off”, 1 or 0 in mathematical terms. This is called “Binary”. Here’s a short video on Binary. He does a good job of explaining this. The … [Read more…]

My only previous Digital camera was a Kodak CZ7430. It was a nice, simple camera that served me well for about two years and 6000 photos. Unfortunately, it took more of a beating than it really should have and started flaking out on me. Still, I’ve used several other Digital cameras from relatives and work. … [Read more…]

I like computers, a lot. For a long while I’ve liked the idea of a computer I could take anywhere. Something small and handheld, laptops are still too large and require frequent charging. I’m not sure when I picked up this idea, maybe it had something to do with that show Lain. The characters all … [Read more…]